File:A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland - with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina - drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1751; NYPL434440.tiff

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Description A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland : with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina / drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1751 ; engrav'd ... by Thos. Jefferys ...
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To the Right Honourable George Dunk, Earl of Halifax, First Lord Commissioner, and to the rest of the Right Honourable and Honourable Commissioners, for Trade and Plantations. This map is most humbly inscribed to their Lordships Most Obedient & most devoted humble sevt. Thos. Jefferys. Note 2.) Described in: Fry & Jefferson map of Virginia and Maryland : facsimiles of the 1754 and 1794 printings. 1966. p. [14], [1755?b] Note 3.) Includes distance chart added by "J. Dalrymple, London Jany. ye 1st. 1755." Note 4.) Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 61. Note 5.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 6.) NYPL copy has sheets numbered on verso: 48-51. Note 7.) Prime meridians: London, Philadelphia and Curratuck Inlet. Note 8.) Relief shown pictorially.
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LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1428; Variant of Cumming, W.P. Southeast in early maps, 281
Physical description
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1 map on 4 sheets ; 79 x 122 cm., sheets 56 x 79 cm.
Catalog Call Number
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Map Div. 97-6281 [LHS 61]
Date circa 1755
date QS:P,+1755-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?imageID=434440

institution QS:P195,Q219555
Author Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771 -- EngraverFry, Joshua, 1700 (ca.)-1754 -- Cartographer ;Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757 -- Cartographer
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From The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division. Released on a CC0 license.[1]
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434440
Location
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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
NYPL digital item published
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2-3-2004; updated 3-25-2011


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